A chance of rain

This weather reminds me

of Cape May in June,

two years ago,

when it rained for a month straight.
The skeletons of sea creatures

still take up space

in the trunk of my Chevy.

I collected as many as my greedy hands (and feet)

could carry, as if I had found

hidden treasure at Higbee Beach.

But I lost you,

that small thing

I couldn't manage to hold onto.